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Elysia Risso, 1818

137928 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137928)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Mollusca
  4. Gastropoda
  5. Heterobranchia
  6. Euthyneura
  7. Tectipleura
  8. Sacoglossa
  9. Plakobranchoidea
  10. Plakobranchidae
  11. Elysia
accepted
Genus
Notarchus timidus Risso, 1818 accepted as Elysia timida (Risso, 1818) (type by monotypy)
Plakobranchidae J. E. Gray, 1840
Actaeon Rang, 1829 · unaccepted (Not available from Oken, 1815)
Aplysiopterus Delle Chiaje, 1830 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Thallepus Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Elysia azorica Martín-Hervás, Carmona, K. R. Jensen, Krug, Vitale & Cervera, 2023
  2. Species Elysia catulus (A. A. Gould, 1870)
  3. Species Elysia chlorotica A. A. Gould, 1870
  4. Species Elysia flava A. E. Verrill, 1901
  5. Species Elysia gordanae T. E. Thompson & Jaklin, 1988
  6. Species Elysia grandifolia Kelaart, 1858
  7. Species Elysia levis (Fernández-Ovies & Ortea, 1986)
  8. Species Elysia manriquei Ortea & Moro, 2009
  9. Species Elysia margaritae Fez, 1962
  10. Species Elysia nealae Ostergaard, 1955
  11. Species Elysia ornata (Swainson, 1840)
  12. Species Elysia papillosa A. E. Verrill, 1901
  13. Species Elysia rubeni Martín-Hervás, Carmona, K. R. Jensen, Licchelli, Vitale & Cervera, 2020
  14. Species Elysia subornata A. E. Verrill, 1901
  15. Species Elysia timida (Risso, 1818)
  16. Species Elysia tomentosa K. R. Jensen, 1997
  17. Species Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804)
  18. Species Elysia fezi Vilella, 1968 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  19. Species Elysia translucens Pruvot-Fol, 1957 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  20. Species Elysia cauze Er. Marcus, 1957 accepted as Elysia subornata A. E. Verrill, 1901 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  21. Species Elysia cyanea Mamo, 1867 accepted as Thuridilla hopei (Vérany, 1853) (synonym)
  22. Species Elysia fusca R. A. Philippi, 1844 accepted as Elysia timida (Risso, 1818) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, uncertain synonym; could also be E. viridis)
  23. Species Elysia hetta Perrone, 1990 accepted as Elysia gordanae T. E. Thompson & Jaklin, 1988 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  24. Species Elysia marmorata Cantraine, 1835 accepted as Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804) (dubious synonym)
  25. Species Elysia muja Ortea, 2024 (unaccepted > interim unpublished, name introduced in a manuscript intended for a supplement to journal Avicennia, which eventually was not printed.)
  26. Species Elysia pagenstecheri Ev. Marcus, 1982 accepted as Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  27. Species Elysia splendida Grube, 1861 accepted as Thuridilla hopei (Vérany, 1853)
marine, brackish
Risso, A. (1818). Mémoire sur quelques Gastropodes nouveaux, Nudibranches et Tectibranches observés dans la mer de Nice. <em>Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts.</em> 87: 368-377., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6173832
page(s): 375 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Elysia Risso, 1818. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137928 on 2026-08-07
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Elysia Risso, 1818. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=137928 on 2026-08-07
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2010-02-10 09:45:04Z
changed
Gofas, Serge
2010-09-21 04:41:14Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2017-12-09 06:09:23Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe

original description Risso, A. (1818). Mémoire sur quelques Gastropodes nouveaux, Nudibranches et Tectibranches observés dans la mer de Nice. <em>Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts.</em> 87: 368-377., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6173832
page(s): 375 [details] 

original description (of Actaeon Rang, 1829) Rang, S. (1829). <i>Manuel de l'histoire naturelle des mollusques et de leurs coquilles, ayant pour base de classification celle de M. le baron Cuvier.</i> Paris: Roret. iv + 390 pp., 8 pls. <em>Paris, 1829.</em> (330-361)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43746452
page(s): 146 [details] 

original description (of Aplysiopterus Delle Chiaje, 1830) Delle Chiaje S. (1823-1831). Memorie sulla storia e notomia degli animali senza vertebre del regno di Napoli. <em>Napoli: Fratelli Fernandes (vol. 1), and Societŕ Tipografica (vol. 2-4).</em> Vol. 1, pp. i-xii, 1-84 [1823], pp. 1-184 [1824]; vol. 2, pp. [1-4] + 185-224 [1825], pp. 225-444 [1826]; vol. 3, pp. i-xx, pp. 1-232 [1828]; vol. 4, pp. i-vii [1831], 1-116 [1830], pp. 117-214 [1831]; pl. 1-4; pl. 1-69 [date?], pl. 70-109 [1830][dates according to Sherborn, 1922]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10021
page(s): vol. 4, p. 31 [details] 

original description (of Thallepus Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 250, 359 [details] 

basis of record Jensen, K.R. (2007). Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). <em>Bonner Zoologische Beiträge.</em> 55: 255–281., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Bonner-Zoologische-Beitraege_55_0255-0281.pdf [details] 

basis of record Krug P.J., Vendetti J.E. & Valdés Á. (2016). Molecular and morphological systematics of <i>Elysia</i> Risso, 1818 (Heterobranchia: Sacoglossa) from the Caribbean region. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4148(1): 1-137., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4148.1.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Martín-Hervás, M. R., Carmona, L., Jensen, K. R., Krug, P. J., Vitale, F. & Cervera, J. L. (2024 [nomenclatural availability: 2023]). A global phylogeny of <i>Elysia</i> Risso, 1818 (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia): molecular systematic insights focusing on European taxa and description of a new species. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 200(3): 670-689., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad086 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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